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W.'BRAY. Carpet-Fastener;

No. 228,306. Patent-ed June. 1, i880.

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Inven tor.

N.PETERS. PHOTO LTMOGRAFHER WASHINGTON O c NITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

WILLIAM BRAY, OF PETITOODIAO, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

CARPET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,306, dated June 1,1880.

Application filed February 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BRAY, of the village of Petitcodiac, in thecounty of Westmoreland and Province of New Brunswick, Canada, haveinvented a new and useful Device for Fastening Carpets, a description ofwhich is fully and clearly given in the following specification,reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to form a cheap and efficient fasteningdevice by which a carpet may be securely held in position, and fromwhich it can be readily detached without injury to the fabric, leavingthe device in readiness for reattaching the carpet or for its ownremoval.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of thedevice attached. Fig. 2 is a section at one of the eye-screws b, andFig. 3 is a side view of one of the fastenings c.

A represents a piece of the room-floor. B represents a piece of thebase-board, and 0 represents a piece of the carpet. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Around the edge of the room, at the junction of the floor andbase-board, a suitable number of eye-screws, I), are inserted, (eithervertically, horizontally, or at any required angle,) through which therods to are passed, in such lengths as may be found most convenient.Upon the rods a are placed, at proper intervals, spring-catches c, theone end of which presses against the base-board B, while the other hooksinto and securely holdsthe carpet 0.

The pieces I), if preferred in any case, may be made without thescrew-thread upon them, and thus driven in; or the spring-catches 0 maybe varied in form to a reasonable extent, as the exigencies of themanufacture and use of the articles may require, the combination ofparts remaining substantially the same or, otherwise, where thecircumstances seem to render it necessary, the rods a may be dispensedwith and the spring-catches directly attached to the eye-screws I).

The several parts a, b, and 0 can be manufactured very cheaply, or ofmore costly material and finish, as may be desired. They can be easilyattached and detached, and, with onlya little hook in hand for-liftingthe catches, the carpet may be fastened or unfastened with greatfacility.

I am aware that the several mechanical parts, separately, are not new.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a carpet-fastener, the combination, with the rods (0 and eye-screwsb, of the springcatches 0, coiled about the rods, one end being providedwith a hook to hold the carpet and the other adapted to press againstthe baseboard, substantially as described.

Signed at Petitcodiac, N. B., this 31st day of January, 1880.

WILLIAM EBAY.

Witnesses E. MOLEOD, L. 0. MERRIAM.

